We need help : Haiti s interim leader requests US troops
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) â Haitiâs interim government has asked the U.S. and U.N. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the country and prepare for elections in the aftermath of President Jovenel Moïseâs assassination.
The stunning request for U.S. military support recalled the tumult following Haitiâs last presidential assassination, in 1915, when an angry mob dragged President Vilbrun Guillaume Sam out of the French Embassy and beat him to death. In response, President Woodrow Wilson sent the Marines into Haiti, justifying the American military occupation â which lasted nearly two decades â as a way to avert anarchy.
We need help : Haiti s interim leader requests US troops
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) â Haitiâs interim government has asked the U.S. and U.N. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the country and prepare for elections in the aftermath of President Jovenel Moïseâs assassination.
The stunning request for U.S. military support recalled the tumult following Haitiâs last presidential assassination, in 1915, when an angry mob dragged President Vilbrun Guillaume Sam out of the French Embassy and beat him to death. In response, President Woodrow Wilson sent the Marines into Haiti, justifying the American military occupation â which lasted nearly two decades â as a way to avert anarchy.
US Falls to Nigeria 90-87 in Pre-Olympic Opener
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LAS VEGAS - This is not how USA Basketball expected to open its Olympic summer.
Nigeria probably didn t expect it, either.
If there was any expectation of invincibility for the Americans heading into the Tokyo Olympics, it s already gone - after Nigeria shocked the U.S. 90-87 on Saturday night.
Nigeria pulled off an international shocker with a roster primarily filled of little-known NBA players that found a way to beat a group of All-NBA, All-Star and max-contract performers. I thought that the Nigerian team played very physically, did a great job in that regard and knocked down a lot of 3s, U.S. coach Gregg Popovich said. Give them credit.
Originally posted on Sportress | By Jason Rowan | Last updated 7/8/21
Team USA kicked off training camp in Las Vegas, Nev., this week ahead of the Tokyo Olympics later this month, and one of the most decorated American basketball players in Olympics history is receiving deserved praise over how he’s taken on a leadership role amid the buildup to the Summer Games.
Team USA conducted its second day of camp on Wednesday, and Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal told reporters afterward how the Brooklyn Nets’ Kevin Durant is doing an outstanding job of inspiring the squad.
“His leadership is terrific. He’s 39-0 in USA basketball and that’s crazy,” Beal said of Durant, per Nets Daily. “We definitely want to keep that going. It speaks volumes for him to be 10+ years in the league and still wanting to come back and be a part of this prestigious fraternity. We definitely look up to him to push us and lead us, but at the same tim
“Just goes to show that we have to play better,” Tatum said.
The Americans had gone 39-0 in their last three Olympic seasons – including pre-Olympic exhibitions – on their way to gold medals and had been 54-2 in major exhibitions since NBA players began playing for USA Basketball in 1992. Plus, they’d beaten Nigeria by a combined 127 points in their last two meetings, one at the 2012 London Games, the other a warm-up for the 2016 Rio Games.
Nigeria lost to the U.S. at the 2012 Olympics by 83 points. Lost to the Americans again four years later in an exhibition, that time by 44 points.